We are live from Playground Poker for Heat 1 of the partypoker.net Premier League VII, the first time the league is played on Canadian soil. The action is well underway for this pre-recorded for television feature table.
Jeff Gross beats Dan Colman and scores 14 points as well as $28k.
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The blinds are up to 20k/40k
Hand 181: Jungleman out
Jungleman goes all in with J-4 and Colman calls with pocket jacks.
Flop is :Td :Ad :Kd :2s :7c
Jungleman is eliminated for the evening. It is not a heads up between Colman and Gross.
| Seat 7 | Colman | 1276000 |
| Seat 2 | Jeff Gross | 1124000 |
Short break to chip up. Blinds are now 15k/30k +5k ante. We are playing 3 handed.
| Seat 2 | Jeff Gross | 1000000 |
| Seat 5 | Daniel Cates | 739000 |
| Seat 7 | Dan Colman | 661000 |
Hand 158: Jungleman doubles up
Jungleman :Ks :Qs
Gross :Ad :8h
Cates all in and Gross calls.
Flop :Kh :8s :5d :2s :9c
Cates doubles up.
Hand 157: Gross Encounter
Colman :6s :6c
Gross :Ks :Js
Gross goes all in from the SB and Colman calls.
Flop :3c :Jd :Qs :7d :Kc and Jeff Gross doubles up to be the new chip leader.
Players are back and the blinds are 10k/20k + 3k ante.
Players are on a short break after hand 127.
| Seat 5 | DANIEL CATES | 558000 |
| Seat 4 | ANTONIO ESFANDIARI | 500000 |
| Seat 1 | SOREL MIZZI | 416000 |
| Seat 8 | JASON KOON | 383000 |
| Seat 7 | DAN COLMAN | 303000 |
| Seat 2 | JEFF GROSS | 240000 |
Hand 116: Jungleman swings back up
Mizzi :4s :4h
Jungleman :5d :Ah
A series of checks and bets. The flop gives the Jungleman a full house, aces and 8’s.
Cates regains the chip lead with 697,000 chips.
Hand 110: Mizzi chips away at Jungleman
Mizzi :Ad :8d
Jungleman :Kc :3h
Both men play the flop. Sorel checks on the flop with pair of eights. An 8 on the turn and Cates bets, Mizzi raises. Cates folds and Mizzi takes the pot holding three of a kind.
After Hand 106 the blinds are up to 8k/16k with 3k antes.
| Seat 5 | DANIEL CATES | 673000 |
| Seat 4 | ANTONIO ESFANDIARI | 577000 |
| Seat 2 | JEFF GROSS | 388000 |
| Seat 1 | SOREL MIZZI | 290000 |
| Seat 7 | DAN COLMAN | 249000 |
| Seat 8 | JASON KOON | 223000 |
Hand 99: Koon doubles up on Jungleman
Koon goes all in and the Jungleman calls.
Koon :7d :7h
Cates :Jc :8s
Flop :Ts :Js :7s :9d :Jd
Koon makes a full house to double up. He is still the short stack.
Hand 97 – J is for Jungleman
Jungleman :Jd :Js
Koon :Qc :Qs
Junglaman raises to 25k, Koon reraises to 52k.
Junglement all in for 337k and Koon calls.
Flop ::3s :Jc :4d :As :9h
Jungleman connects trip jacks and becomes the new chipleader with 704,000 chips. Koon takes a beating and gets pushed down 77,000.
| Seat 5 | DANIEL CATES | 704000 |
| Seat 4 | ANTONIO ESFANDIARI | 537000 |
| Seat 2 | JEFF GROSS | 425000 |
| Seat 7 | DAN COLMAN | 360000 |
| Seat 1 | SOREL MIZZI | 297000 |
| Seat 8 | JASON KOON | 77000 |
Hand 93: Colman finally plays a hand
Mizzi :Kd :7d
Jungleman :Ad :Qc
Colman :Js :8s
A set of raises, and the flop is :Jd :2c :5c
Colman goes all in for 201k with a pair of jacks. Both other men stand down. Colman picks up some chips to revive himself.
| Seat 4 | ANTONIO ESFANDIARI | 513000 |
| Seat 8 | JASON KOON | 454000 |
| Seat 2 | JEFF GROSS | 451000 |
| Seat 7 | DAN COLMAN | 344000 |
| Seat 1 | SOREL MIZZI | 336000 |
| Seat 5 | DANIEL CATES | 302000 |
Hand 87: Koon takes lead
Koon raises to 25k
Antonio raises to 63k
After a pause, Koon goes all in with pocket 4’s and forces Antonio out. Koon is the new chipleader but there is a virtual 3-way tie at the top as 3 players are within 2k chips of each other.
Hand 85: Sorel doubles on Antonio
Mizzi all in with :Kd :4d for 115k. Antonio calls with :As :3h.
Flop :4c :6d :Qc :3s :9s
Mizzi doubles up with pair of 4’s.
Blinds are going up after 4 levels and 84 hands to 6k/12k +2k ante.
| Seat 4 | ANTONIO ESFANDIARI | 679000 |
| Seat 2 | JEFF GROSS | 493000 |
| Seat 5 | DANIEL CATES | 427000 |
| Seat 8 | JASON KOON | 397000 |
| Seat 7 | DAN COLMAN | 287000 |
| Seat 1 | SOREL MIZZI | 117000 |
Hand 75: Rasted
Rast all in with pocket 10’s. Esfandiari calls with J-Q off suit. The pot total is 174k.
Flop is :2c :7h :Js :Qc :Qd
Brian Rast is eliminated as Antonio picked up a full house. Rast picks up 1 point in heat 1 of the premier league.
| Seat 4 | ANTONIO ESFANDIARI | 633000 |
| Seat 2 | JEFF GROSS | 525000 |
| Seat 5 | DANIEL CATES | 417000 |
| Seat 8 | JASON KOON | 353000 |
| Seat 7 | DAN COLMAN | 315000 |
| Seat 1 | SOREL MIZZI | 157000 |
Hand 74: Rast All in but no takers.
Rast has played the patience game. He went all in with :Qd :Qc. He stole the antes and blinds and is back up to 88k in chips.
After 68 hands, Esfandiari, still in the lead has lost some chips. Rast is running on fumes.
| Seat 4 | ANTONIO ESFANDIARI | 563000 |
| Seat 2 | JEFF GROSS | 527000 |
| Seat 8 | JASON KOON | 371000 |
| Seat 5 | DANIEL CATES | 377000 |
| Seat 7 | DAN COLMAN | 321000 |
| Seat 1 | SOREL MIZZI | 169000 |
| Seat 6 | BRIAN RAST | 70000 |
The blinds are up to 4k/8k +2k ante.
| Seat 4 | ANTONIO ESFANDIARI | 643000 |
| Seat 2 | JEFF GROSS | 549000 |
| Seat 8 | JASON KOON | 400000 |
| Seat 5 | DANIEL CATES | 307000 |
| Seat 7 | DAN COLMAN | 233000 |
| Seat 1 | SOREL MIZZI | 157000 |
| Seat 6 | BRIAN RAST | 111000 |
Hand 56 – multiple hole pairs
Koon :Jd :Jc
Jungleman :8d :8h
Esfandiari :7d :7s
Flop :Kh :As :Qd
All players checked. Turn comes :6d The pot is 55k
Koon bets 75k and Esfandiari folds followed by Jungleman. Koon steals the pot before players can reveal their pairs.
Hand 50 – Seiver out
Seiver all in call pre-flop for 136k. Gross calls.
Seiver :Ah :Qc
Gross :Js :Jh
Flop :Kc :8c :9s :Kd :5d
We have our first elimination of the night. Seiver gets no points for the remaining 3 heats. Gross, who has seen many pocket pairs this evening, is closer to the chip leader Antonio Esfandiari.
| Seat 4 | ANTONIO ESFANDIARI | 562000 |
| Seat 2 | JEFF GROSS | 522000 |
| Seat 8 | JASON KOON | 385000 |
| Seat 5 | DANIEL CATES | 312000 |
| Seat 7 | DAN COLMAN | 303000 |
| Seat 1 | SOREL MIZZI | 168000 |
| Seat 6 | BRIAN RAST | 148000 |
Hand 48 – KK Koon
Colman raises to 18k from the SB, and Koon needs 12k to call from the BB. Koon raises to 43k and Colman calls.
Koon :Kh :Kd
Colman :Td :Ad
Flop :6c :4d :Jc
Koon bets and Colman folds giving him the pot.
| Seat 4 | ANTONIO ESFANDIARI | 561000 |
| Seat 8 | JASON KOON | 388000 |
| Seat 2 | JEFF GROSS | 373000 |
| Seat 7 | DAN COLMAN | 306000 |
| Seat 5 | DANIEL CATES | 298000 |
| Seat 1 | SOREL MIZZI | 188000 |
| Seat 6 | BRIAN RAST | 148000 |
| Seat 3 | SCOTT SEIVER | 138000 |
Hand 43 – Big pot
Seiver raises from SB, Antonio bets.
Antonio :Td :Ks
Seiver pocket Q’s
About 211k in the pot as Antonio bets 67k on the river after Seiver has checked. :3c :Kd :3s :Kh :Jc
Seiver has a long pause and calls. Antonio takes the monster pot with Seiver dropping in chips.
| Seat 4 | ANTONIO ESFANDIARI | 490000 |
| Seat 2 | JEFF GROSS | 391000 |
| Seat 8 | JASON KOON | 344000 |
| Seat 7 | DAN COLMAN | 342000 |
| Seat 5 | DANIEL CATES | 274000 |
| Seat 6 | BRIAN RAST | 219000 |
| Seat 1 | SOREL MIZZI | 198000 |
| Seat 3 | SCOTT SEIVER | 142000 |
After 41 hands of play. Players are on their first break. Gross continues to lead Heat 1 with Mizzi on the short stack of the eight players. The blinds will be increased to 3k/6k +1k ante.
Gross wins a couple of back to back pots in hands 37 & 38 against Mizzi and Seiver to extend his chip lead.
| Seat 2 | JEFF GROSS | 413000 |
| Seat 7 | DAN COLMAN | 322500 |
| Seat 4 | ANTONIO ESFANDIARI | 311500 |
| Seat 8 | JASON KOON | 313000 |
| Seat 5 | DANIEL CATES | 288500 |
| Seat 3 | SCOTT SEIVER | 274500 |
| Seat 6 | BRIAN RAST | 267500 |
| Seat 1 | SOREL MIZZI | 209500 |
Hand 33
Three players with pocket pairs with 5 players taking the flop with 50k in the pot. With Mizzi betting, 3 of the players folded and now it’s between Mizzi and Seiver. The flop is :5d :4h :Tc and :7d on the turn. The pot total is 94k and Mizzi has checked. Seiver bets 65k and Mizzi to call. Clearly this is the largest pot of the night thus far with 159k. Mizzi folds and Seiver takes the monster pot with a pair of monsters.
| Seat 2 | JEFF GROSS | 366000 |
| Seat 7 | DAN COLMAN | 321000 |
| Seat 4 | ANTONIO ESFANDIARI | 320000 |
| Seat 8 | JASON KOON | 315500 |
| Seat 5 | DANIEL CATES | 309000 |
| Seat 3 | SCOTT SEIVER | 285500 |
| Seat 6 | BRIAN RAST | 276000 |
| Seat 1 | SOREL MIZZI | 211000 |
With about 28 hands played, here is how the chips are stacked.
| JEFF GROSS | 366000 |
| ANTONIO ESFANDIARI | 338500 |
| JASON KOON | 332000 |
| DAN COLMAN | 321000 |
| DANIEL CATES | 298500 |
| BRIAN RAST | 256500 |
| SCOTT SEIVER | 247500 |
| SOREL MIZZI | 240000 |
The blinds are midway at the 2k/4k level.
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